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Y TOY Filed Apri1v9. 1924 ATTORNEY WITNESS:

Patented Apr. 7, 1925.

' RAY W. DOVER, 0F CAMBRIDGE, OHIO.

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Application led April 9, 1924. Serial No. 705,314.

To (1U lwhom z't may con-cem;

Be it known that I, RAY W. Devlin, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cambridge, in the county of Guernsey and State of Ohio, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Toys, of which the following isa specification.y

This inventionv relates to novelty toys, and contemplates the provisionof a member having a character arranged thereon, and representativeoftheV head of a person or animal, preferably made in profile, and aflexible elementfterminall'y connected at appropriate `points' sotliatby shaking the member, the riexbleelement will assume differentoutlines, andby reason of its positon with relation tothe face affordsthe latter different facial' expressions for the amusement of the user.l

The nat-ure andv advantages of the invention will be better 'understoodwhen the. following detailedl description is read in connection with theaccompanying drawing, the invention residing in the construction,combination 'and arrangement of parts as claimed.

In the drawing forming part of this applica-tion, like numerals ofreference indicate similar parts in the several views, and wherein: Y

The figure in the drawing is a plan view of the toy, showing oneposition of the flexible element by f ull lines, and other positions bydottedv lines.

Referring to the drawing in detail, l() represents the lbody or base ofthe toy, which may be constructed from card board or any other suitablematerial, and if desired mounted in a frame 11, furthermore this member,with or withoutthe frame 11Y` may vary1 in size and configurationwithout departing from the spirit of the invention. The member 10 hasdrawn or otherwise suitably arranged thereon a character adapted torepresent the head of a. person or an animal, preferably a person asherein shown, and in the preferred embodiment of the invention, the headis drawn or made in profile. For the purpose of changing the facialexpressions for the amusement of the user, I make use of a flexibleelement 12 which as illustrated is adapted to be terminally connected atthe forehead at apoint directly above the nose as at 13, and also to theneck directly beneath the chin as at 1l] Thile 4this element may bev ofany suitable materia-l, it has'been found that a chain of very lightmaterial closely woven and somewhat similar to a. watch chain is veryuseful for the purpose intended. The chain may occupy the position shownby full lines in the drawing, or it may assume any number of differentpositions to vary the facial expressions of the character, after themember has been shaken or vibrated to put the chain in motion, and someof these different positions are illustrated by dotted lines in thedra-wing. The toy is very simple in construction, and can bemanufactured and sold at a very nominal cost, and it is designed toaii'ord considerable amusement especially to young children who can usethe toy in the manner described, as it does not require any thought orskill to manipulate the toy.

fhile itis believed that from the foregoing description, the nature andadvantages of the invention will be readily apparent, I desire to haveit understood that I do not limit myself to what is herein shown anddcscribed, and that such changes may be resorted to when desired as fallwithin the scope of what is claimed.

Having thus described the invention, I claim: V

A toy of the character described comprising a base member having afigure thereon representing a head in profile, and a flexible elementhaving one end secured to the lower portion of the forehead and theother end secured to the neck of the figure, said flexible element beingnormally V-shaped, whereby the intermediate portion of the element ispermitted to form irregular lines on said base to change the lines ofthe profile.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

- RAY W. DOVER.

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